Ok Jen, you out did yourself today. That might be one of the funniest posts you have ever done! And as a teacher and a mother of two, I just have to add, "Sigh." Congratulations dude - that was truly a trifecta of terrible.

Years ago, a group of us ordered a cake for a coworker's birthday. I usually made the cakes myself, but I was out of town that week (phoned the order in from some hotel room somewhere)

I thought it was bad that when I went to pick up the cake the next morning, they'd managed to get it frosted , but no decorations.

so there I stood at 7:30 in the morning in the bakery of the grocery store in a suit and heels, piping buttercream trim and writing the Happy Birthday message myself (I even put some sprinkles on it.) The manager at least gave me half off since I did most of the work myself.

But that? That takes a special kind of incompetent to misspell a word when it's written out right there next to where you put the tip on the cake.

I am very upset with you for making fun of my dear friend, Imagene's, graduation cake. Her full name is Acheive Imagene (like the comediene Imogene Coca, only spelled differently) Dreme, but we just call her Imagene.

This was your best post EVAHHHH! Such talent - I mean yours. And creativity, also yours. This is the kind of funny people (mostly me) dreme of being. Glad to be witness to your skillz! Lately, this blog has sometimes been the only smile I get all day. I appreciate it more than you can know!wv ~ gagmfrou - if these cakes' taste is equal to their decoration, the only way to eat them would be to gagmfrou.

OMG Jen! for someone who's not a sports fan, your commentary is brilliant! Very funny dialogue today. Love the interpretation of a triple-mispelled cake. And "Acheive" was RIGHT NEXT to the flotsam Achieve pick! Score!

This cake is unbelievable - especially the misspelling of the word "Achieve" with the plastic thingie right there!! And your play on the SNL sportscasters was amazing. Tell us - what feminine hygiene product was today's post sponsored by? :-)

I first thought that rolled up diploma was a cigarette and wondered why someone would "dreme" of smoking. But it kind of makes sense, after seeing every word misspelled on that cake, you would need a cigarette to recover!

The commentary was superb, I loved it. But I really don't think this was a wreck. It looks like there is a diploma on top of the cake, so it is likely a graduation cake. I suspect the misspellings were deliberate. Like the cake I saw once that said, "Hukt on fonix wurkt for me!"

How do you do it, Jen? You're faced with the same, unending drudge of misspellings (and godawful color schemes...er, scheams), and yet you still manage to come up with original, hysterical commentary. Is it all those shots in the dark?

At any rate, well done, my Wreck Master, well done. I look forward to "Gradaiton" season!!

I learned from a dear friend that when people misspell things they think they are spelling it right so feel no need to check a dictionary. My ex hubby spelled 'people' as 'peeple' and he was over 50 years old. He thought it was correct every time he wrote it.

We will always have people who misspell with us, which means Cake Wrecks can be with us forever.

EVERY. SINGLE. WORD. MISSPELLED. (Strangely, I spell-checked that last word in Word 2007 and it is ok two ways: "misspelled" and "mispelled". But Firefox doesn't like "mispelled." Anyone care to debate?)

I think it is definitely the icing trinity! Great post today! It reminded me of that classic comedy skit of the 2 sportscasters doing a play by pay of the orchestra playing classical music (Bach? Beethoven??). Thanks for the laugh!

@ Liane: Spell check is a completely worthless program; trust the pro proofer here. It is definitely "misspelling" with two esses.We tell all the writers at my company that if they're depending on spell check, they're not actually getting any proofreading done. Its word lists are crazy, and it can't tell when you've misspelled a word in place of another one ("are" for "our" for example).

I want to be a cake proofreader now, though, to provide excellanse in speling for swiets. :)

Anonymous at 9:41-7:30 in the MORNING? Decorating a cake in a store bakery??In a suit and heels??? And you didn't even know where you WERE "...out of town that week...some hotel room somewhere." ????It all sounds so serendipitous...so freewheelingly footloose and fancy-free...!!I want YOUR life!----So, this is what "I* think is going on there:It's all a subterfugical and Secret Code-y type of "message" on that cake. It's supposed to be picked up by a mysterious Secret Agent type of customer. The message is not at all what it appears to be. OF COURSE. Otherwise it wouldn't be a Big SECRET. OR be getting picked up by a S.E.

"IMAGENE" and "DREME":

These are *really* "I'M A GENE" and DR.EME"(Looks to me like the case involves some sort of genetic engineering experiment. One in which the common comma and the apostrophe are not cleared to take part in at this time.)"ACHEIVE" : Could be referencing a certain ARCHIVE of importance. Don't ask ME!Maybe too much of a stretch? Then how about "ACHEIVE" meaning "I'VE an ACHE"?Which--naturally-- would be their way of saying that something has gone seriously wrong with the lighting in the lab. Eye strain hurts, doesn't it?And OBVIOUSLY the squiggly things and the dots HAVE to have something to do with DNA strands and such-like.I think I'm on to something here, and may be close to cracking the case.I'M NOT TAKING ANY CALLS.DON'T WAIT UP!=^9.9^=

Ok where oh where did they find this wreckerator??? I mean if they can't even spell achieve right when it is in front of their faces.. then again they can't seem to spell anything. Back to school with you!! Lol.. this just makes me sad for whoever ordered it in the first place..By the way I just ordered my cake pray it isn't going to be put on here lol.

Hi! Grammer police here. Very, very funny post (as is everyday). Okay, just one thing that made me cringe. After eating something bad, like samosas, you would feel nauseated, not nauseous. Nauseous/nauseated is one of those similar ones that is getting flubbed more and more often, hence becoming more acceptable. But I'm sure you don't want to be acceptable ;)

To All,I submitted this and then forgot. It still makes me laugh out loud. Mostly because my sister, an 8th Grade English teacher, was the first to show it to me. One of her colleagues had gone to a local grocery store for a goodie for the teachers...and snapped the pic.

In light of Annie's April 30/6:22 pm post that this was a legitimate offering in a grocery store-- and not an intentional flub-- wow. I understand that these grocery store bakeries aren't the highest paying jobs, and that some schools in the U.S. are *really* bad, but... wow. The wreckerator doesn't have much of a future without dramatically improved literacy skills. I was going to laugh at it, but now I just see this as really, really sad.

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